| HIT stands for "Highly Intensive Training" and this is the | | | | to let go and have some fun but be sensible about it. |
| prime system adapted by most male bodybuilding | | | | The key to developing your muscles lies with using the |
| aficionados. It is incidentally the most taxing but the | | | | right techniques when training. Your mentality also will |
| most effective male bodybuilding program out there. | | | | determine whether you will achieve muscle |
| The HIT male bodybuilding system centers around | | | | hypertrophy. If you start bodybuilding with the wrong |
| highly intense and infrequent workouts with emphasis | | | | mentality then you stand a very slim chance of |
| on compound movements and progression. What | | | | succeeding in bodybuilding. |
| happens when muscles are torn and broken down at | | | | You need to change your mentality so that you can |
| the gym? Muscle hypertrophy. Or in layman's term, | | | | prepare yourself to train intensely in the gym so that |
| muscle growth. It is quite a natural bodily reaction, much | | | | you can achieve your bodybuilding goals. The greater |
| like how calluses are formed to protect the skin. | | | | the intensity of your training the more muscles you will |
| The HIT system of male bodybuilding takes advantage | | | | be able to develop and grow. The reason why you |
| of this tendency of the muscles to rebuild itself once | | | | need to increase your intensity in each workout is |
| broken down. Intensive male bodybuilding training | | | | because the amount of stress you place on the |
| increases the extent of the break down of the muscle | | | | muscles will determine just how much they are going |
| and thus increase muscle gains. | | | | to grow. |
| If you're a beginner and even an intermediate, hard | | | | Your bodybuilding workouts should be intense, brief |
| work on major compound movements working the | | | | and infrequent. Workouts should consist of 2-5 sets |
| whole body are all you need. Split routines, negatives | | | | performed every 4-10 days, depending on your level |
| and the like are for more advanced trainers. | | | | of development and their genetic endowment. Train |
| Isolation exercises should not even enter the picture | | | | for strength, as muscle size and strength is relative. If |
| until you've been at it over a period of years. Major | | | | done properly you will progress each and every |
| compound exercises build mass over the entire body, | | | | workout without fail. |
| which is what the beginner and intermediate lifter need | | | | Remember, muscle and fat are like apples and |
| to do before deciding to work all angles of the biceps. | | | | oranges. You must train for muscle and eat for your |
| Build good size biceps first and then worry about hitting | | | | desired level of body fat and that means diet if |
| them from all different angles! | | | | necessary. This does not change your workout as |
| Don't forget to eat well, rest and drink plenty of water. | | | | you must maintain muslce and best case, gain muscle |
| Water is your friend people. Don't think for one second | | | | in the process. Since the body's adaptive process is |
| you're going to build a solid body by working out and | | | | specific and our goal is to maintain or possibly gain |
| then stuffing pizza and beer down your throat every | | | | muscle, high intensity training is the only way to |
| chance you can. Don't go overboard, everyone needs | | | | proceed. |